Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-20
GOVERNORS ANNUAL REpoaI
A Lengthy Document Conta;,;,.
Valuable Information About
The Territory.
The Insane Asylum's New Ro,,, =
ganizes and Proceeds to Busi.
ness,
Gov. Church,s Apnr,,

The annual report of Gov. Chm,
the !. secretary of the interior is nearly read,
Tor Transmission to Washington. n;.
lengthy document, and contains mr,h ;.
formation that will be of vain, :,
people both in the territory and in o,s. NV
portions of the country. Among ,bs i,
por'ant points are his recommepdatior. :.
to an increase in the judiciary. bis ,.t,.
ence to the Sioux reservation, bs 49,.
ments on division and admission ~ a.
territory. He recommends two addis,a.,
Judges. BE indorses the Dawes hi, sHs
hopes that it may pass and the great sou.
reservation be opened up, in part at ,s,s,
On the division question he takes no s,.r,
pro or con, beyond the suggestion ,h,.
some action should be taken whetbe, ~.
division or sta ehood or admission vithor,
division. Dakota is, he thinks, entitlaa !,
the right to make her own laws and sn;o,
something more shan the legislation pscn.
iar to territorial form of government,
He does not oppose division or saw an,
thing that is Objectionable to the diy,sion
lists or The friends of admission withn,,
division. An interesting portion of ,h;s
report is the statement from Trsasnras
Raymond.
This report shows the total bonded In
debtedness of the territory at This dsta A. to
be $1,O97,8 800, expended in buildinp md
furnishing the following public insttu.
ticns:
Insane hospital at Yankton. Sl7O NM
deaf mute school at Sioux Falls All 00n.
university of north Dakota, S74, 900, mi.
versity of south Dakota, SIS, 900; peniten.
tiary at Sioux Falls, $44, 800; peniteptiay
at bismarck, $93, 1900; agricultural college
at Brookings, $97, 500; insane Lospita! At
Madison, $49,400; school of mines At
RAPID City, 5000; reform school nj
Plankinton, $4,000; normal school at
Spearfish, $4,000; returning bonds to
refund per cents. into four and hat
and tiye-twenties, 100000.
In speaking of the general credit of the
territory the treasurer says:
The highest bids for bonds authorized
by the last legislature was par and fifty.
two hundredths of per cent. premiums.
= ANS.oiA VI tuS JULIUS sOlt Draw a3 Der
cent. interest; the balance per cent, sub
ject to the option clause to redeem in five
to ten years. This clause was a great
hindrance in the sale of the bonds. This
fact, coupled with the other fact, that Da-
kota is still n territory and the date of ad.
misc;on into the union uncertain, made in.
vestors overly cautious. This tmidity eI.
listed in spite of our showing that We had
S1,75O,0U0 assets for every $1,000 we owe.
/ make the prediction when Dakota be.
comes a state that 8 per cent. bonds
will sell more readily than Al per cents.
did. We have conclusive proof that
her credit is better than many of the
states and rich municipalities of the east.
Even S.. Paul with all her resources and
moneyed power sold her Al per cent.
Eonds about the same time at 13-100 pei
cent. less premium than territorial bonds.
The assessed valuation is reported at over
$157, 100000, as against 1882, 100000 in
1886.
The wheat crop is given as the largest
in the history OF tue territory, approxima.
ting $50, 100000 bushels, and the popula'
lion on the basis of the United States lane
Office and other figures showing abou
10000 new people for the twelve months